More than 200 rescued from burning Baltic Sea ferry

"More than 200 passengers have been rescued from a Baltic Sea ferry after it caught fire near the German island of Fehmarn, maritime officials said. At least 20 people suffered light injuries, the German Maritime Emergency Centre said. There were reports of...

Americans among 152 dead in Pakistan plane crash, black box found

Two Americans were also among 152 persons killed in an air crash in Pakistan capital on Wednesday. Pakistan’s Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira has said that the black box of the Air...

Ryanair Moving Forward With Charging Passengers For Bathroom Use

Ryanair is Pushing Ahead with Plans to Charge Passengers for the Bathroom First Spirit Airlines announces plans to charge for carry-on baggage fees, and now Ryanair has announced that they are going to go ahead with...

Passenger Lets Off Firecrackers On Airbus

Some passengers of the airbus have been injured after firecrackers were let off on board a packed plane in Detroit." A Delta Airlines official said a passenger set off the devices at Detroit Metropolitan Airport, causing a commotion and some injuries. At least one passenger...

Amber Malkuch, Cruise Passenger Commits Suicide, Found Overboard

Amber Malkuch, a cruise ship passenger on board Holland America's ship the Zaamndam, was found overboard in what authorities believe to be a suicide. The 45-year-old woman was last seen ordering room service just after midnight and then she vanished, and a spokeswoman for...

UK Airlines To Bar Passengers With H1N1 Symptoms From Boarding

British airlines have begun their “war on swine flu” by instructing the check-in staff to watch out for swine flu symptoms in passengers. Passengers with suspected H1N1 infections can be prevented from...

Caspian Airlines Crash: 'Many Dead' updated

" All 168 passengers and crew have died in a Caspian Airlines plane crash in the north of Iran, officials say. Wreckage was spread over a large area in a field in Jannatabad village, Qazvin province, about 75...

Eleven Bodies From Air France Flight 447 Identified

The bodies of eleven passengers from Air France Flight 447 were identified: ten victims were Brazilian, one was a foreigner of undisclosed nationality, according to Brazilian authorities. Brazilian officials have...

Air France Passenger Dies On Board, Prompts Emergency Stop

Air France flight heading for Paris, France, from Montreal, Canada, had to make an emergency stop late at night today in St. John, Newfoundland, Canada after one of the passengers on board passed away. The body of the man was unloaded from the plane at the airport. It is not...

Train Derails In Louisville Zoo, Kentucky

A train with 30 passengers on board derailed at the Louisville Zoo in Kentucky on Monday afternoon. There are reports that 18 passengers were injured and taken to the local hospital. Two people are reported to...

Two MTBA trains crash in Government Centre Boston: forty injured

Two MBTA Green Line trains have crashed near Government Centre in Boston, and about forty people are reported to be injured. Both trains were traveling out of the city, as one Green Line train crashed into the other. The station has been evacuated.  According to a...

Schwarzenegger honors Capt. Sullenberger; Hudson hero pilot

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today honoured Hudson hero pilot Capt. Chesley Sullenberger as called him a hero. Sullenberger was honoured in his home state, and Schwarzenegger took a break from trying to fix the...

Two trains collide in Cuba; up to 100 injured, 3 dead

Two passenger trains have collided in central Cuba, and at least three people have been confirmed dead, and could be as many as 100 injured. "Authorities were investigating why the eastbound and westbound trains hit as they were passing each other on parallel tracks at about...

Screenwriter of Pulp Fiction Manslaughter Dui

Another Hollywood celebrity involved in criminal and outrageous circumstances.  I remember he is innocent until proven guilty, but looks like there is a lot of damning evidence. "December 13, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) According to reports by drunk driving lawyers in Los...

Canada: Metal Detectors To Be Installed For Greyhound Bus Passengers

Passengers on Greyhound buses in Canada are facing new security measures including metal detectors and restrictions on luggage.  This follows the grisly murder earlier this year onboard a bus in Manitoba by...

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